M&A Deal Summary

Atlas Copco Acquires Ash Air

On September 3, 2014, Atlas Copco acquired machinery company Ash Air from Lancaster Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Atlas Copco’s 46th transaction in the Machinery sector.
  • This is Atlas Copco’s 5th transaction in New Zealand.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2014-09-03
Target Ash Air
Sector Machinery
Buyer(s) Atlas Copco
Sellers(s) Lancaster Group
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Ash Air

Auckland, New Zealand
Ash Air (NZ) Ltd. is a manufacturer of air and gas compressor equipment.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Atlas Copco

Nacka, Sweden

Category Company
Founded 1873
Sector Machinery
Employees55,248
Revenue 176.8B SEK (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to an Atlas Copco facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Entrance to an Atlas Copco facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Atlas Copco is a diversified industrial group, a manufacturer of compressors, expanders, and air treatment systems, construction and mining equipment, power tools, and assembly systems. Atlas Copco was founded in 1873 and is based in Nacka, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 78 of 176
Sector: Machinery M&A 46 of 91
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 15 of 28
Country: New Zealand M&A 5 of 5
Year: 2014 M&A 7 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-03 Fox Air NZ

Auckland, New Zealand

Fox Air NZ Ltd. is a distributor, installer and maintain all all types of air compressors and associated compressed air equipment.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-05 Titan Technologies International

Houston, Texas, United States

Titan Technologies International, Inc. is a provider of powerful bolting tools to the oil and gas and other industries.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Lancaster Group

New Zealand

Category Company
Sector Distribution
DESCRIPTION

Lancaster Group Ltd. is a distributor of vacuum pumps and air treatment products.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 4
Sector: Machinery M&A 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 4 of 4
Country: New Zealand M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2014 M&A 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-03 Fox Air NZ

Auckland, New Zealand

Fox Air NZ Ltd. is a distributor, installer and maintain all all types of air compressors and associated compressed air equipment.

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